SUSAN GARRETT
1015 Spruce St., Philadelphia, PA 19107
(215) 351-6273
garrett@ling.upenn.edu
EDUCATION
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PH.D., LINGUISTICS (expected 1999)
University of Pennsylvania
1993-1999
Philadelphia, PA
Dissertation title: Defining Strength: A Dissertation on Positional Faithfulness
Dissertation advisor: Eugene Buckley
Areas of specialization: phonology, historical linguistics, and Spanish linguistics.
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BA, LINGUISTICS (Honors)
BA, SPANISH
University of Maryland, College Park
1989-1992
1989-1992
College Park, Maryland
Valedictorian; graduated summa cum laude with 4.0 GPA.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
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LECTURER
University of Pennsylvania College of General Studies
1997 -1998
Philadelphia, PA
Taught all sections of LING 010: Fundamentals of the Grammar of Standard English from
Summer 1997 to Summer 1998. Designed course, lectured, developed coursework and
exams, etc. Course covered traditional grammar, composition, and linguistics (syntax,
acquisition, discourse, dialects, etc.).
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INSTRUCTOR
Upward Bound Program
1992
College Park, MD
Provided study skills and course-specific tutoring to at-risk college-bound high school
students.
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TEACHING ASSISTANT
University of Maryland
1991
College Park, MD
Co-taught LING 240, Language and the Mind (course on syntax and acquisition); lectured,
created assignments, graded, and held office hours.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
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RESEARCHER
Linguistic Data Consortium
1997
Philadelphia, PA
Conducted research on pronunciation and dialect variation in Spanish.
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RESEARCHER
Institute for Research in Cognitive Science
1996
Philadelphia, PA
Contributed to development of XTAG parsing project.
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RESEARCHER
Linguistic Data Consortium
1994-1995
Philadelphia, PA
Chief researcher for COMLEX Spanish lexicon; developed morphological transducer for
Spanish; worked on pronunciation, dialect variation, Spanish verb system, and lexicon.
Garrett, p. 2
TEACHING COMPETENCIES
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ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION
Composition
English Grammar
GENERAL LINGUISTICS
Phonology/Morphology
Historical Linguistics
SPANISH LANGUAGE
History of Spanish
Phonology and Pronunciation of Spanish
CONFERENCES AND PUBLICATIONS (*Papers published)
CONFERENCE OF THE STUDENT ORGANIZATION OF LINGUISTICS IN EUROPE VI
*Positional faithfulness and truncation in child speech
December, 1997
Lisbon, Portugal
NORTH EAST LINGUISTIC SOCIETY 28
*Faithfulness in child speech: what gets kept and why?
October, 1997
Toronto, Canada
CONFERENCE ON THE ACQUISITION OF SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE
Truncations in Child Speech
October, 1997
Montreal, Canada
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE CHICAGO LINGUISTICS SOCIETY
*Rethinking Spanish Stress
March 1996
Chicago, Illinois
CONFERENCE OF THE STUDENT ORGANIZATION OF LINGUISTICS IN EUROPE IV
*Another look at Spanish Stress and Syllable Structure
THE FOURTH DIACHRONIC GENERATIVE SYNTAX CONFERENCE
Spanish Negation from the 12th to 17th Century
December 1995
Paris, France
October, 1995
Montreal, Canada
FELLOWSHIPS AND HONORS
DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIP, School of Arts & Sciences
1998-1999
University of Pennsylvania
WILLIAM PENN FELLOWSHIP
1993-1997
University of Pennsylvania
UNDERGRADUATE HONORS FELLOWSHIP
1992
University of Maryland, College Park
SERVICE
CO-ORGANIZER, Penn Linguistics Colloquium
COORDINATOR, Penn Linguistics Club Speaker Series
COORDINATOR, Penn Linguistics Club Speaker Series
ASSISTANT COORDINATOR, Penn Linguistics Colloquium
MEMBERSHIPS
LINGUISTIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA
MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION
Spring 1996
Spring 1995
Fall 1994
Spring 1994